The Shelter Coffee Phuket — Restaurant in Talat Nuea

Pass by this coffee place a few times and saw it always with crowd. Lucky I get to try the coffee before I left Phuket. To me this is the best coffee in Phuket town. Staff were very welcoming. They even served me some nice cookies as they had sold out their sweet. I didn't have the chance to try the food there yet. Will definately come back when I come back to Phuket town.

Update May 2022- First time here was in 2019 and the cappuccino was really one of the best in Phuket. So dissappointed that I came back in Jan 2022 and now in May 2022 again and the cappuccino not as good as before🤨. Food also doesn't taste good. Not sure if they change of management as overall embience a little changed and now they on the music...

Words cannot describe how much I enjoy coming to this place. It is by far Phuket’s best coffee place, especially for a coffee nerd like me. This place is a breath of fresh air!!!

1. owner is Thailand’s aeropress champion
2. owner and staff are just sooooooooo nice, hospitable, at time funny, and soooo humble
3. they roast their own coffee
4. they don’t just have coffee; they got food and dessert! Did I mention soy milk and ice cream?
5. the interior is photogenic and so cozy
6. reasonably priced
7. both indoor and outdoor seating available
8. located in the most chique neighborhood of old town Phuket

Convinced? Yea, it’s pretty...

Reading the bad reviews of this place I can't picture them. The ladies there were super nice and service was great and fast. We had lunch on the run there as we had somewhere to be at 1 pm, and we were done with coffee and everything in 45 minutes. The coffee? Excellent. And we discovered this place right around the time we wanted to give up on getting good coffee in Thailand. We were so delighted that we came in the evening just before closing time, but they had already closed the espresso machine. But the fruit shakes were...